diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e8cd3d9c..7d01c52b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
 
           <regex><pattern>.*.DefaultConfiguration</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>92</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.DefaultLogger</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>76</lineRate></regex>
-          <regex><pattern>.*.Main</pattern><branchRate>65</branchRate><lineRate>78</lineRate></regex>
+          <regex><pattern>.*.Main</pattern><branchRate>80</branchRate><lineRate>90</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.PackageNamesLoader</pattern><branchRate>78</branchRate><lineRate>72</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.PackageObjectFactory</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>75</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.PropertiesExpander</pattern><branchRate>50</branchRate><lineRate>83</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java
index 067281c25..88a681127 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ public final class Main {
             if (cmdLine.hasOption("o")) {
                 final String outputLocation = cmdLine.getOptionValue("o");
                 final File file = new File(outputLocation);
-                if (!file.exists()) {
-                    result.add(String.format("Could not find file '%s'.", outputLocation));
+                if (file.exists() && !(file.canRead() && file.canWrite())) {
+                    result.add(String.format("Permission denied : '%s'.", outputLocation));
                 }
             }
             final List<File> files = getFilesToProcess(cmdLine.getArgs());
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java
index ec60850b8..1a69669fd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/MainTest.java
@@ -249,17 +249,16 @@ public class MainTest {
     @Test
     public void testExistingTargetFilePlainOutputToNonExistingFile()
             throws Exception {
-        exit.expectSystemExitWithStatus(1);
+        exit.expectSystemExitWithStatus(0);
         exit.checkAssertionAfterwards(new Assertion() {
             public void checkAssertion() {
-                assertEquals("Could not find file 'myjava.java'." + System.lineSeparator(),
-                    standardLog.getLog());
+                assertEquals("", standardLog.getLog());
                 assertEquals("", errorLog.getLog());
             }
         });
         Main.main("-c", "src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/config-classname.xml",
                 "-f", "plain",
-                "-o", "myjava.java",
+                "-o", temporaryFolder.getRoot() + "/output.txt",
                 "src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMain.java");
     }
 
@@ -283,6 +282,26 @@ public class MainTest {
                 "src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMain.java");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testExistingTargetFilePlainOutputToFileWithoutRwPermissions()
+            throws Exception {
+        final File file = temporaryFolder.newFile("file.output");
+        file.setReadable(false, false);
+        file.setWritable(false, false);
+        exit.expectSystemExitWithStatus(1);
+        exit.checkAssertionAfterwards(new Assertion() {
+            public void checkAssertion() throws IOException {
+                assertEquals("Permission denied : '" + file.getCanonicalPath() + "'."
+                    + System.lineSeparator(), standardLog.getLog());
+                assertEquals("", errorLog.getLog());
+            }
+        });
+        Main.main("-c", "src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/config-classname.xml",
+                "-f", "plain",
+                "-o", file.getCanonicalPath(),
+                "src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputMain.java");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testExistingTargetFilePlainOutputProperties()
             throws Exception {